Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
> Do you mean something like this: > > --- thing.sh --- > sleep 3 > echo -e \\a > --- thing.sh --- > > # nohup ./thing.sh & No I mean something like $ echo ./thing.sh|at 2:12 pm and having it ring a bell instead of sending a flashing/beeping "letter bomb", and all with standard tools of course.

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-21 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How kind of you all to offer your "beep" and "ditty" solutions, I will > have to try them next time I break out the 8 woody CDs. > > However your suggestions of print(1) and echo(1) do not fill the bill > as I want a way to get the little speaker to

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-21 Thread Dan Jacobson
How kind of you all to offer your "beep" and "ditty" solutions, I will have to try them next time I break out the 8 woody CDs. However your suggestions of print(1) and echo(1) do not fill the bill as I want a way to get the little speaker to beep due to #2: 1. with standard tools 2. from a batch s

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-20 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 02:13:07AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 00:39, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > How does one get a beep unconditionally from that little speaker be it > > from a batch job or whatever. Assume I can give a valid $XAUTHORITY. > > >

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-20 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 17:13, Alex Malinovich wrote: > apt-cache show beep And then there's "apt-cache show morse" for when you really what the machine to tell you what's wrong through the speaker. ;-) Friends of mine have an ip-up.d script for their 56k modem that lets them know it is time to hi

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-20 Thread Steve Juranich
> How does one get a beep unconditionally from that little speaker be it > from a batch job or whatever. Assume I can give a valid $XAUTHORITY. > > I used to do the below, but now: > $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console > bash: /dev/console: Permission denied > Now only root ca

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-20 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does one get a beep unconditionally from that little speaker be it > from a batch job or whatever. Assume I can give a valid $XAUTHORITY. > > I used to do the below, but now: > $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console > bas

Re: beep unconditionally

2002-06-20 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 00:39, Dan Jacobson wrote: > How does one get a beep unconditionally from that little speaker be it > from a batch job or whatever. Assume I can give a valid $XAUTHORITY. > > I used to do the below, but now: > $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console > bash: /de

beep unconditionally

2002-06-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
How does one get a beep unconditionally from that little speaker be it from a batch job or whatever. Assume I can give a valid $XAUTHORITY. I used to do the below, but now: $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console bash: /dev/console: Permission denied Now only root can make it beep. Without resorting